Fastener for boxes



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

HIALMR B. J. ANDRUS, 0F WINCOS-KI, WISCONSIN.

FASTENER FOR BOXES, ew.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 624,286, dated may 2,18599. Application led February 18, 1899- Serial No. 705,984. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, I-IIALMER B. J. ANDRUS, of Winooski, in the countyof Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and ImprovedFastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to fasteners used on butter-tubs, boxes,egg-cases, oyster-pails, candy and tobacco pails, fruit-baskets, crates,and other packages and receptacles of similar nature.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved fastenermore especially designed for securely fastening the cover of areceptacle to the body thereof, the fastener being arranged to permit ofconveniently opening the receptacle for inspection, for removing thecontents, or relling the receptacle, the fastener allowing of being useda number of times on the same receptacle.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be fullydescribed hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claim.

Figure l is a perspective View of the improvement as applied andprevious to locking the members. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the samewith the fastener members partly locked, and Fig. 3 is a like View ofthe same with the fastener members securely interlocked.

lThe improved fastener consists of two members A and B, each made of asingle piece of wire bent to the form of an open loop and having prongsAB, respectively, at the ends of the side bars of the loops, the prongsstanding approximately at right angles to the loops. The prongs A areadapted to be driven in-to the top of the cover C of the receptacle nearthe edge of the cover, so that a portion of the loop extends over theedge, as is plainly indicated in Fig. l. The other member or loop B isdriven with its prongs B into the side of the body D of the receptacle,near the upper end thereof, so as to extend through the loop A and ashort distance above the top face of the cover C, as is plainlyindicated in Fig. l.

When the several parts are in the position described, the projecting endof the loop' A is bent downward, as shown in Fig. 2, andI then the upperend of the loop B is bent over the middle of the loop A and down uponitself, as plainly indicated in Fig. 3, to securely interlock themembers or loops with each other and to securely fasten the cover C inplace on the body D of the receptacle.

When it is desired to open the receptacle to permit inspection of thecontents thereof or to completely remove the cover from the body, it isonly necessary to bend the doubledup part of the loop B back to itsformer extended position, as shown in Fig. 2, so that.

the cover C can be lifted off the body D, the loop A sliding out of theupper end of the loop B. The contents of the receptacle can now beremoved, and the receptacle can be relled and then the cover replacedand again locked in place bybending the upper end of the loop B backupon itself, as previously ex-V plained, to interlock with the loop A.

Having thus described my invention,l I claim as n'ew and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- A fastener for securing covers on vessels, thefastener consisting in two parts constructed each of a single length ofpliable wire, the wires being each bent into the form of an open loopand having prongs respectively at the ends of the side bars of the loop,the prongs standing approximately at right an gles to the loops so thatthe prongs may be bent into the cover and body of the vessel, thebody-loop being extended through the cover-loop, and the said cover-loopbeing bent downward against the body-loop, which is finally bentdownward around the cover-loop to form a hook receiving the same.

PERRY AJVIGHTMAN, MERRIATT P. ANDRUs.

